im not denying the things he did but lets be honest he wasnt liked cause he was black and democrat the common person and certainly trumps voter base didnt know about the events you describe their talking points about why they hated him had nothing to do with drone strikes or jailing whistleblowers it was about the fact that he was a muslim a kenyan he was coming for your guns a socialist communist pig dog just really anything to out and out call him a nigger without actually saying it about half the country has wanted to return to the jim crow era for some time and they finally got a candidate willing to do it for them trump was inevitable